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Elizabethtown council approves multi-year sewer-rate increases, raises hauled-waste fees
Summary
The council adopted an ordinance replacing the city's sewer-rate schedule with multi-year base-rate increases beginning July 1, 2025, higher hauled-waste surcharges and increased connection fees. The ordinance passed on a roll-call vote.
The Elizabethtown City Council on April 7 adopted an ordinance repealing and replacing the city's previous sewer-rate ordinance and establishing a multi-year schedule of rate increases and revised fees for hauled waste and connections.
According to language read into the record, the monthly sewer charge on the first 2,000 gallons will be $14.46 beginning July 1, 2025; $16.70 beginning July 1, 2026; $18.95 beginning July 1, 2027; and $19.52 beginning July 1, 2028. The ordinance also raises surcharges for hauled waste: leachate from the Pearl Hollow Landfill will be charged $28.15 per ton and hauled waste from other sources will be charged $38.36 per ton. Connection fees were increased: a…
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